Would-Be Texas Bar Exam Takes Three Days Of Tough Questions
About 300 hopeful lawyers sat the Texas state bar exam at the state capitol, the largest group in 30 years, answering questions on estate statement admissibility, contract law, oil leases and other topics. Ira Butler presided as board chair and noted passing requires at least 75 points with top scores around 90. The new lawyers begin practice next fall.
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Carlton F. Wilson
Austin Upd
State Capitol
Ira Butler
Fort Worth
State Board of Law Examiners
State Supreme Court
Steinle
Southwest Lubbock Optimist Club Hosts Children’s Home Boys
The Southwest Lubbock Optimist Club will host 40 boys from the Lubbock Children’s Home for a swimming party and picnic today at Caprock Pool from 6 30 to 9 p m. Hot dogs cake and picnic trimmings will be served.
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Southwest
Texas to Budget 1962 for New State Buildings and Repairs
State Board of Control estimates annual cost of operating three new state buildings plus Capitol complex repairs at 38 654. Budget request rises from 1 559 946 in 1961 to 2 398 600 in 1962, with 77 000 for salary increases and 132 more employees. Burke would earn 15 000, board members McAdams McAuliff Flewellen seek raises to 9 500. Repairs include terrazzo floor, etched glass, and attic insulation for Senate and House chambers.
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Austin
UPI
Capitol
State Board of Control
William J. Burke
Iere E. E. McAdams
C. F. McAuliff
L. H. Flewellen
Whiteface Rites Set For Bowden
Claud Bowden 58 of Whiteface died of a heart attack on an oil lease near Whiteface and was brought to Phillips Dupre Hospital. Funeral 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church Whiteface with Rev. R L Bowman. burial Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. Survivors include wife Dessie, two daughters Mary Lou Swinney and Earl Maze, two brothers, a sister and four grandchildren.
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Levelland
Claud Bowden
Whiteface
Phillips-Dupre Hospital
First Methodist Church
R. L. Bowman
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
George Price
Earl Maze
Odessa
Buell Bowden
Andrews
Burnice Bowden
Monday
B. C. Cooner
Olton
Dresser Rites Pending Here
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rix Funeral Home for M. B. Dresser Sr. 85 of Lancaster California who died at 1 15 p m Wednesday. He moved from Lubbock where he had lived since 1919 and was born in Gray son County. He was a Mason and Church of Christ member. Survivors include two sons two daughters a brother two sisters and many grandchildren great grandchildren.
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Rix
M. B. Dresser Sr
Lancaster
Calif
California
Dresser
Lubbock
Grayson County
MacKenzie Masonic Lodge
Church of Christ
M. R. Dresser Jr
27Th St
Funeral Set For Slaton Resident
Lucy Jeffries 79 a Slaton resident for six months died in Mercy Hospital around 4 30 am Wednesday Rosary was said at Williams Funeral Home Chapel and funeral services were to be held at 9 am today at St Joseph s Catholic Church Rev Erickson officiating Pallbearers were Otto Heinrich Oscar Buxkemper Louie Melcher George Henzler Wilfred Kitten and W B Nesbitt Burial in Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home directs Survivors include two sons W nf Morton and Murry Lingo of New Mexico five daughters Sister Mercedes Slaton Mrs J B Agnew and Mrs W F White both of O Donnell and Mrs J D Me Quarter Portland Oregon and Mrs D F Ferguson Plains two brothers Thad Walker Winfield Alabama and William Walker Eldridge Alabama 21 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren
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Slaton
Lucy Jeffries
Mercy Hospital
Pep
N. M
Williams Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Rev
Erickson
Otto Heinrich
Oscar Buxkemper
Louie Melcher
George Henzler
Wilfred i Kitten
W. B. Nesbitt
Englewood Cemetery
W. Nf Morton
Murry
Lingo
Mercedes, Slaton
J. B. Agnew
W. F. White
O'Donnell
J. D. Me
Portland
Ore
D. F. Ferguson
Plains
Thad Walker
Winfield
Ala
William Walker
Eildridge
Friona Girl Mary Lynne Stephens Dies In Traffic Crash
Funeral services are set for Mary Lynne Stephens eight at First Baptist Church Friona. Rev Harvey D Bennett and Rev W I Draper will officiate with burial in Friona Cemetery. Survivors include her parents brothers and grandparents. The driver was not charged. the girl died at Palmer County Community Hospital after being struck while riding a bicycle.
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Friona
Mary Lynne Stephens
First Baptist Church
Woman Dies On Visit In Andrews
Mrs. Eulasia Rivera Gomez 72 of San Juan died about 5 10 a m Wednesday while visiting in the home of her daughter Mrs Rosen do Soza in Andrews The body will be at 3 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church Spanish Mission in Andrews with Rev Elias Emiliano officiating Burial will be in Andrew Cemetery under Single ton Funeral Home direction She had lived in San Juan about 50 years and was a member of the San Juan Catholic Church Survivors include daughter Mrs Amelia Garcia of Alma Michigan three sons Artero Gomez of Seagraves Consepcion Gomez of San Juan and Valentin Gomez of Morton a sister Mrs Cistilia Rodriguez of Mexico four brothers Rosalio Rivera of Pharr Elisella Rivera of Houston Abel Rivera of San Juan and Ricardo Rivera of Alamo and two and one half grandchildren
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San Juan
Mrs. Buhrman's Rites Set Today
Mrs. Dale Buhrman 40 of the YS community near Muleshoe died at 3 35 am Wednesday at West Plains Hospital. Services 3 pm today at First Methodist Church Muleshoe with Rev Roscoe Trestle and Rev D C Read officiating. Burial Bailey County Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband parents H M Shofner, two children Keith and Melba, brother J T Shofner, sisters Mrs D E Beller and Mrs Hershel Wimberly.
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Muleshoe
Dale Buhrman
South Plains
West Plains
First Methodist Church
Muleshoel
Roscoe Trestle
Lubbock
D. C. Read
U S. Methodist Church
Bailey County Memorial Park Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
H. M. Shofner
Keith
Floydada
Melba
J. T. Shofner
D. E. Beller
Hershel Wimberly
Las Vegas
N. M
Midland Man Gene Geisler Dies In Kansas Crash
Gene Edward Geisler a Midland native and Notre Dame student was killed in a head on collision on U.S. 36 near Phillipsburg Kansas. Three other men were injured including Albert Schneider and Thomas Barry. Geisler was 22 and survived by his parents a brother a uncle and five aunts in Michigan.
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Geisler
Phillipsburg
Kan
U.S
Chicago
Notre Dame University
Denver
Meisterbrau
Kansas
Bloedel
Midland
Midland High School
Ralph Geisler
Jerry
Clem Geisler
Michigan
City Woman's Brother Dies In Breckenridge
W. E. Buster Walker brother of Mrs. Otey Johnson died suddenly at 5 30 p m in a Breckenridge hospital from a heart attack. He lived in Breckenridge over 20 years and was an oil company officer. Mrs. Johnson and daughter Brenda arrived in Breckenridge. Funeral services were to be held at the Breckenridge First Methodist Church with burial in a Breckenridge cemetery. Survivors include his widow a son a daughter and four sisters.
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W. E
Buster) Walker
Otey Johnson
41St St
Breckenridge
Johnson
Brenda
Breckenride
Breckenridge First Methodist Church
Walker
Rites Pending for Adkins Infant in Local Funeral Home
Laura Nell Adkins seven week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernie W Adkins of 3001 E 2nd Pl was pronounced dead about 10 am Wednesday at a physician office Funeral services were pending Wednesday night at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Survivors include the parents two brothers Bernie and Oliver paternal grandparents C O Motsenbocker of Lubbock and Mrs Sarah Daly and Emmett Adkins Huntington W Va also a hunterton, W Va connection. Spain orders 17 million hydroelectric plant from British firms.
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Palmer County Community Hospital
Dumas
Forrest van Meter
Greenville
Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home
Laura Nell Adkins
Bernie W. Adkins
Bernie
Oliver
C. O. Motsenbocker
Lubbock
Sarah Daly
Emmett Adkins
Huntington
W. Va
Gunshot Kills Clovis Farmer. Funeral Pending
P. C. Edwards, 54, a Clovis area farmer, died at Clovis Memorial Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered at his home about 2:30 p m Wednesday. Officials found a shotgun in his bedroom and said the wound was believed personal safety related. His funeral was set for Steed Funeral Home in Clovis. Survivors include his wife and two daughters, plus a son and a brother.
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Clovis
Clovis Area
P. C. Edwards
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Here
Steed Funeral Home
Nelson Worley
Bill Bullock
Edwards Farm
Edwards
Clovis I
Hoyle Dunn
Portales
Lubbock
Joan
Dunn
Meredith Funeral Set In Plainview
Funeral services for William B Meredith 83 who died Tuesday at a veterans hospital in Amarillo will be held at 2 p m today in the Plainview Funeral Home Chapel. Columbia Church of Christ minister Robert Hawkins will officiate assisted by Rev Arthur Digby First Christian Church Plainview. Burial will be in Plainview cemetery. Hawkins a retired farmer moved to Plainview area in 1927. Survivors include a daughter two sons a brother a sister seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Plainview
William B. Meredith
Lemans Hospital
Amarillo
Robert Hawkins
Columbia Church of Christ
Arthur Digby
First Christian Church of
Hawkins
Funeral services set for Mrs. Addie Ogletree of Lamesa
Mrs Addie Ogletree 81 died Tuesday night in a Wellington rest home and will have services announced by Kelso Funeral Home Wellington. She lived in Wellington before moving to Lamesa and is survived by six daughters two sons a sister and 50 grandchildren. One daughter Mrs Clovis Young resides in Lamesa.
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Lamesa
Addie Ogletree
Kelso Funeral Home
Wellington
Courage to Stand Alone in Face of Wrong
The text urges bold reformers to face overwhelming opposition with courage. It cites Isaiah and notes the need to speak out despite mass opposition, urging individuals to lift their heads and say what must be said. Written by Julien C. Hyer.
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Levi’s
Levi's
Julien C. Hyer
Services Set Today For Mrs. Nora McGuire
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Florence McGuire 57 of 3004 Duke are today at 2 p.m. at Skyline Baptist Church with Rev. W D Tanner and Rev. Bruce Giles officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park under McDonald Funeral Home. Mrs. McGuire a longtime Lubbock resident died Tuesday at home. Survivors include her husband a daughter mother sister three brothers and two grandchildren.
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Nora Florence McGuire
Duke
Skyline Baptist Church
W. D. Tanner
Bruce Giles
Flint Ave. Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
McDonald Funeral Home
Colombia’s Population and Coffee Export Highlighted
A brief note states Colombia has a population of 12 million and identifies coffee as the chief export. The pair of facts underscores the country’s demographic scale and major trade commodity.
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Colombia
Rites Today For Lamesa Resident Mrs. Billingsley
Mrs. J. C. Billingsley 81 of Lamesa died Wednesday at Medical Arts Hospital. Funeral at 10 a.m. in Lamesa Church of Christ with W. T. Hamilton officiating. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery. Survivors include four sons, four daughters, three brothers, 15 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
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J. C. Billingsley
Lamesa
Medical Arts
Lamesa Church of Christ
W. T. Hamilton
William C. Emberton
Lamesa Church of the Nazarene
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Sid
Floyd Collins
Prescott
Personalized a/c at DNC rostrum noted for cooling tensions
In Los Angeles UPI reports the Democratic National Convention installed personal air conditioning at the rostrum to counter heat from lights and emotions. In Quito the Bolivian government shows interest in a $23 million sugar development project.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Quito
California Landmark Used As Movie Set
The 100000 acre Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana California serves as an Oklahoma farm setting for Warner Brothers film The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Irvine Ranch is an old California landmark and one of the state’s largest southern land holdings. Montecatini an Italian plastics firm will spend 322 million on expansion.
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Hollywood
UPS
Irvine Ranch
Santa Ana
Calif
Wuarner Brothers
California
Montecatini
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